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<plain_text><page sequence="1">THE JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND</page><page sequence="2">THE JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND Transactions SESSIONS 1970-1973 VOLUME XXIV &amp; Miscellanies Part IX THE JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, GOWER STREET, LONDON W.C.I 1974</page><page sequence="3">The Society as a body is not responsible for statements made or opinions expressed by the contributors to this volume ? 1974 The Jewish Historical Society of England Printed in Great Britain by Alden &amp; Mowbray Ltd at the Alden Press, Oxford</page><page sequence="4">THIS VOLUME IS DEDICATED BY THE JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND TO THE MEMORY OF MRS. VERA BRYCE-SALOMONS in tribute to her great generosity</page><page sequence="5">Contents Page Preface xi TRANSACTIONS: The letters of Israel Abrahams from Egypt and Palestine in 1898, by Phyllis Abrahams 1 Jewry of South-West England and some of its Australian connections, by Anthony P. Joseph 24 Foreign trade of London Jews in the seventeenth century, by Maurice Woolf 38 Naturalisation of Jews in England, by J. M. Ross 59 On David Ricardo (1772-1823), by A. Heertje 73 Abraham ben Napthtali Tang?a precursor of the Anglo-Jewish Haskalah, by S. B. Leperer 82 The British press and Zionism in Herzl's time (1895-1904), by Benjamin Jaffe 89 The literary career of Joseph Jacobs, 1876-1900, by Brian Maidment 101 Joseph Cortissos and the war of the Spanish succession, by Charles Rubens 114 The community of the resettlement, 1656-1684: a social survey, by A. S. Diamond 134 Jews and the English stage, 1667-1850, by Alfred Rubens 151 The selection of Jewish children's names?some emendations, by Edgar R. Samuel 171 More letters of Hazan de Sola, by Richard D. Barnett 173 Jewish colonies in Cyprus?further information, and Letter from Cyprus, 1563, by John M. Shaftesley 183 Norman Bentwich, 1883-1971, a tribute by Helen Bentwich 191 MISCELLANIES: 'Sir Thomas Shirley's project for Jewes', by Edgar R. Samuel 195 Eighteenth-century London Jewish shipowners, by Maurice Woolf 198 Punch and the Jews, 1841-1858, by Beatrice Rosenblum 205 The remarkable career of Haham Abraham Gabay Yzidro, by Cecil Roth 211 Spanish Jews in London in 1494, by A. Schischa 214 BOOK NOTES: A century of Anglo-Jewish life, 1870-1970 216 A guide to the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection 217 vii</page><page sequence="6">viii Contents Sugar and slaves. . . . English West Indies 1624-1713 217 The London Eyre of 1242 218 They docked at Newcastle 220 Leicester Hebrew Congregation 220 Spring remembered 221 Tosafoth Chachmei Anglia 222 Laws of the Society Honorary Officers, Council, and Members Index 227 231 243</page><page sequence="7">Illustrations Plate Figure XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX XX XXI XXII XXIII XXIV XXV XXVI XXVII XXVIII XXIX XXX XXXI XXXII Genealogical tables, S.W. English Jewry and Australian connections Naturalisation society advertisement Abraham Gabay Yzidro's sermon, title page Joseph Cortissos 'El Judio secretario de Felipe IV 1 The stage Jew in 1764, Beau Mordecai 2 Hannah Norsa 3 Family quarrels . . . John Braham and Charles Incledon 4 Dilettanti theatricals?Abrams sisters 5 Philip Astley playbill, including 'Signor Jacob* 6 Leoni 7 Jacob de Castro 8 Lyceum Theatre satire on Mendoza 9 Mendoza playbill 10 John Isaacs 11 Mrs. Bland 12 Baron Nathan 13 Lyon Villiers Levy 14 Mr. Sloman 15 Madame Pasta 16 Rachel 17 Morris Barnett 18 Rebecca Isaacs 19 Benjamin Lumley 20 Henry Russell 21 Jacob Philadelphia 22 Breslaues Last Legacy 23 Breslaw playbill 24 Breslaw playbill, 1775 25 Philip Jonas 26 Jonas playbill 27 Boaz playbill 28 'Thimble-rig* trick at Bartholomew (?) Fair 29 Jacobs playbill facing page 26 28 34 36 72 73 122 123 &gt; between pages 162-163 1 David Aaron de Sola 2 Rica Meldola (Mrs. D. A. de Sola) Russian Jews in Jerusalem seeking to settle in Cyprus, 1897 The House of Lords in panic (Punch, 1849) A hang-dog Disraeli (Punch, 1849) facing page 182 182 183 208 209 ix</page><page sequence="8">The Jewish Historical Society of England MISCELLANIES Part IX 1974</page></plain_text>